Mountain Climbing

My daddy was a mountain climber Cause life's a mountain all men must climb From the foothills of adolescence To the last days of our lives My daddy always raised me To do what I thought right The lessons that my daddy taught Have helped me throughout this life He lived on mountain wisdom And showed me in my youth much of the same Said son don't spend all your days in the valley Cause in the lowlands there's no gain And boy don't take the path well worn That's been cleared out all soft and smooth Take the one with rocks and ledges So you'll have something to hold on to That's why today I'm a mountain climber Cause life's a mountain all men must climb From the foothills of adolescence To the last days of our lives